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This page lists a bunch of great books for kids of all ages on a variety of topics. The books are organized into general categories.

(Don't forget to ask your parents' permission before purchasing any book.)


Beginning 5 to 9 year olds

Intermediate 10 to 15 year olds

Advanced 16 to 18 year olds

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Dava Sobel
Publisher: Viking Penguin
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Imaginary Numbers : An Anthology of Marvelous Mathematical Stories, Diversions, Poems, and Musings
by William Frucht
John Wiley & Sons
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Applied Math for Food Service
by Sarah R. Labensky
Prentice Hall
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Chef's Book of Formulas, Yields, and Sizes
by Arno Schmidt
John Wiley & Sons
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The Complete How To Figure It: Using Math in Everyday Life
by Darrell Huff, Carolyn R. Kinsey (Illustrator), Kristy Maria Huff (Designer)
W.W. Norton & Company
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Number 9: The Search for the Sigma Code
by Cecil Balmond
International Book Import Service, Inc.;
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The French Mathematician
by Tom Petsinis
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Berkley Pub Group

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Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture
by Apostolos K. Doxiadis
Bloomsbury Pub Plc
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The Wild Numbers
by Philibert Schogt
Four Walls Eight Windows
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The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers Are Like Gossip
by Keith J. Devlin
Basic Books
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All You Wanted to Know About Mathematics but Were Afraid to Ask : Mathematics for Science Students
by Louis Lyons
Cambridge Univ Pr
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Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics
by Robert B. Banks
Princeton Univ Pr
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Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics
by Robert B. Banks
Princeton Univ Pr
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Why Do Buses Come in Threes?: The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
by Robert Eastaway, Tim Rice, Jeremy Wyndham
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The Moment of Proof : Mathematical Epiphanies
by Donald C. Benson
Oxford Univ Pr (Trade
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A History of the Circle : Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe
by Ernest Zebrowski (Preface)
Rutgers Univ Press
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